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(And a rebuttal before we even start: "In Defense of Big Weddings" from the Deadspin Funbag by Drew Magary.)
Have you ever been to a big Filipino wedding?* If you haven't, let me provide some context: *for this post, I mean traditional Filipino Christian wedding. Specifically Roman Catholic. I haven't had the pleasure of attending the weddings of other religious denominations. Traditional Filipino wedding ceremonies are at least two hours long.Filipino weddings include wedding Sponsors. The Principal Sponsors act as witnesses and sign the marriage contract with the couple. Secondary Sponsors are Coin Sponsors, Veil Sponsors, Cord Sponsors, and Candle Sponsors, who have specific functions during the wedding ceremony. To quote from Bride & Breakfast: "For Catholic Church weddings, you’ll need to have three pairs of secondary sponsors. The candle sponsors light the wedding candles before the rite of marriage, the veil sponsors drape the veil over the groom’s shou…

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Eliza Victoria is the author of several books including the Philippine National Book Award-winning Dwellers (2014), the novel Wounded Little Gods (2016), and the graphic novel After Lambana (2016, a collaboration with Mervin Malonzo). Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several online and print publications, including Daily Science Fiction, Stone Telling, Room Magazine, Story Quarterly, The Pedestal Magazine, High Chair, and the Philippine Speculative Fiction anthologies.